Monday, December 19, 2016 Day 1PARENT NOTES:Today is the Chorus concert. Chorus members should wear black on bottom and white on top with ties for the boys. Students should arrive at 6PM and the concert will run from 7-8pm. See you tonight!The past couple of years the PTA have asked students to sell Yankee Candle items in order to raise money. This year we have decided to do a 'No Frills' fundraiser. Many of you may be familiar with this idea. Instead of asking families to buy and sell items, we are looking for families to simply make a donation. Please clickhere for the details. As with any fundraiser, we thank you very much for your support!Basketball season is underway, here is the practice schedule:2:30-3:45 7th Boys 3:45-5:00 7th Girls5:00-6:15 8th Girls 6:15-7:30 8th BoysR.O.L.E. (Rippleffect Outdoor Leadership Education) - The ROLE program is offered to 7th and 8th grade students from Maine middle schools and is designed to develop leadership, confidence, awareness and interpersonal skills through outdoor adventure programming. The ROLE program consists of 4, 2.5 hour after-school sessions, a long weekend to Cow Island and a culminating graduation ceremony. Registrations are being taken for the Winter and Spring sessions. For more information please have your student pick up a packet in the main office or click here.Homework Club runs from 2:30-3:30 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Homework club is an opportunity for students to stay after school to get help from staff members. Each day there are 2 adult to supervise and support students. Please note that only students who plan on using this time productively are welcome.The cafeteria is open for breakfast everyday until 7:50. Please know that only those that are eating breakfast should be in the cafeteria at this time. The chill in the air inside is an indication that cold weather is here. Please remember that students are expected to stay outside until the 7:35 bell rings. They should dress warmly or plan to arrive after 7:35. Would you like to set up a lunch account for your student? Does your student need more money on his/her account? Head to myschoolbucks.com to take care of this!Student Morning Announcements: Monday, December 19, 2016 Day 1Drama Club will meet this afternoon at 2:30 until 3:15.Today is the Chorus concert. Chorus members should wear black on bottom and white on top with ties for the boys. Students should arrive at 6PM and the concert will run from 7-8pm. See you tonight!There are still openings for the Rippleffect Winter and Spring sessions for 7th and 8th graders. Please come to the office for more information.

Students, remember no throwing, fooling around with snow outside on school grounds. Too many cars and people around for this to be safe.Music:*Beginner Band runs on Mondays immediately after school in room 201. *7 and 8 Honors Band members, Mrs. Barry will be available after school Tuesday for a music reading. Please let her know if you can make it. *Training Jazz will meet Thursday. New members welcome!*Performance Jazz will rehearse Tuesday morning only this week, starting at 7:15 a.m.*Musicians please plan now to take instruments home for the winter break. Your instrument will miss you terribly if you leave it here!Quote of the day: Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.Question of the day: below zero or above zero

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